I've sold a couple copies of this spell at 4kpp. If I'm setting up my trader and see people pricing this very low, I'll sit on my copy and sell it another time.

If one gets a spell as a drop, whatever they get for it is pure profit. When someone has researched it, it's entirely possible they had to buy at least one of the components, so there's an investment to recoup. It seems to me that people are more interested in dumping dropped spells quickly and not checking prices.

There's nothing wrong with going after the quick sale. I'm just letting researchers know the "standard price" can fluxuate widely from day to day. Check your prices against the bazaar before going into trader mode.

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The price on CanniIV has recently dropped to less than half of what they cost before Christmas. Where I sold one for 14k in november(? I think ?), the price now lies down at 5k on Mith-Marr. You might even get it lower if you bargin a bit...

It doesn't matter. Here's why... Canni III gives you 42 mana for 74 of your hard earned hitpoints. This is a ratio of .57 mana for every hitpoint.

Canni IV give you 82 mana for 148 of your hard earned hitpoints. This is a ratio of .55 mana for every hitpoint.

So yes, the mana to hitpoint ratio for Canni III is actually better than the ratio for Canni IV, but the upgrade with Canni IV is the difference in "How much mana right now". To get those 2 more mana using Canni III, you have to hit the button twice. What's wrong with this, you say? If you're buffing, slowing, spot healing, DoTing, occassionally nuking, rooting runners/adds, etc, do you want to have to wait for the button to cycle for 84 mana? Or would you rather get 82 of it *right now*?